VMware ThinApp

VMware ThinApp
Original author(s) Jitit Inc.[1]
Developer(s) VMware
Stable release 5.2 / November 19, 2015 (2015-11-19)[2]
Operating system Windows XP and later
Windows Server 2003 and later
Size 68 MB
Type Application virtualization
Portable application creator
License Shareware
Website www.vmware.com/products/thinapp

VMware ThinApp (formerly Thinstall) is an application virtualization and portable application creator suite by VMware that can package conventional 16-bit and 32-bit applications[3] so that they become portable applications. According to VMware, the product has a success rate of about 90-95% in packaging applications.[4]

History

ThinApp (previously known as Thinstall) was originally developed by Raj, Jitit Inc. and was acquired by VMware on January 15, 2008.[5] VMware later used the code name VMware Project North Star while the product was in beta.[6] On June 10, 2008, VMware announced that the final name for the product was going to be VMware ThinApp.[7] The trial version of Thinstall was initially available only to corporations,[8] however VMware now offers a public trial version.[9]

Technology

VMware ThinApp is an application virtualization solution.[10] ThinApp is able to execute applications without them being installed in the traditional sense by virtualizing resources such as environment variables, files and Windows Registry keys. The virtual environment presented to the client is a merged view of the underlying physical and virtual resources, thereby allowing the virtualization layer to fool the application into thinking that it is running as if it were fully installed. ThinApp does not have any pre-installed components and does not require the installation of device drivers allowing applications to run from USB flash drives or network shares without ever requiring Administrator rights. ThinApp converts standard application installers such as .msi files into self-contained EXE files which includes everything required to run. Also it is able to scan a system before and after an application's installation and create a portable executable based upon changes made to the systems files and registry. Unlike self-extracting ZIP files, ThinApp does not extract files to disk or require system registry changes in order to run applications. ThinApp supports Windows XP and later, as well as Windows Server 2003 and later. It can virtualize 16-bit and 32-bit software, but not 64-bit software.[3]

Editions

The most "basic" version of ThinApp is "VMware ThinApp Starter Edition", offered for free with any purchase of VMware Workstation,[11][12] while the most "advanced" version is "VMware ThinApp Enterprise Edition", which adds support for AppSync updating, Active Directory integration and allows usage by multiple users (both for the ThinApp Packager and ThinApp Client).[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "vFILTERS: VMware Thinapp history and basic work... - VMware Communities". vmware.com.
  2. ↑ "VMware ThinApp 5.2 Release Notes". VMware ThinApp 5.2 Release Notes. VMware, Inc. November 19, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  3. 1 2 ThinApp User’s Guide: ThinApp 5.1 (PDF). VMWare. 10 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Top 10 Questions on ThinApp". vmware.com.
  5. ↑ "VMware to Expand Desktop Virtualization Solution with Acquisition of Thinstall" (Press release). VMware. January 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  6. ↑ "VMware ThinApp (Project North Star/Thinstall) Release Candidate". VMware. June 10, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  7. ↑ "VMware Launches ThinApp 4.0 to Run Virtually Any Application on Any Windows Operating System without Conflict by raju" (Press release). VMware. June 10, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  8. ↑ "VMware ThinApp Application Virtualization Platform: IT Management Solutions". Thinstall.com. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  9. ↑ "Evaluate VMware ThinApp". VMware. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
  10. ↑ "Introduction to VMware ThinApp" (PDF). VMware. 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
  11. 1 2 http://www.vmware.com/products/workstation/thinapp-starter-edition.html
  12. ↑ "Buy VMware Workstation 7, Get VMware ThinApp Starter Edition For Free!". vmware.com.

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